Modeling Journey

Consider this revolutionary election result:

"The vote was seen here as an exhilarating moment in Japanese democracy, when the country’s traditionally passive voters showed they could control their nation. The hope among activists was that Japan would replace more than a half-century of virtual one-party rule with a more competitive brand of politics…

“We have been trying to outgrow this old one-party system ever since the collapse of the Berlin Wall,” said Takeshi Sasaki, a political expert and former president of the University of Tokyo. “It took two decades, but we finally made it.”

The sense that Japan had hit a turning point drew long lines of voters, who in Tokyo braved darkening skies from an approaching typhoon to visit polling stations.

Voters expressed a mix of excitement and unease, saying that what was most significant about this election was the fact that they finally had a real choice besides the unpopular Liberal Democrats.

“This vote is about making a system where parties that fail get kicked out,” said Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, a 40-year-old salaryman who voted at a junior high school in the suburb of Sayama. “We need to teach politicians to be nervous.""

Drag your country into modern democratic ways, and best of luck you.

After all, the best politicians are nervous ones!